NOTE.This and the following pages are numbered
in the same series with the Explanations, &c. of the first volume.

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PLATE
XV.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents a battalion in line of battle,
breaking to the front, to the right, by company, into column.

(No.
845, and following.)

The
battalion having wheeled to the right, the colonel has thrown himself twenty
paces from the left flank abreast with the colour-company.

The
lieutenant colonel and major have also thrown themselves on the same flank,
abreast with the leading and rearmost companies respectively, and six paces
from the flank.

FIGURE
2.

Represents a battalion breaking to the front,
to the right, to march towards the left.

(No.
853.)

The
blank parallelograms mark the battalion broken into column.

The
leading company has marched forward twice the extent of its front.

The
lieutenant colonel has placed two markers (d and h) respectively,
abreast with the first and second companies.

The
parallelograms shaded by small lines, represent the column in march, which
turns around the two markers (d and h,)

The
lieutenant colonel, as soon as the leading guide has turned, indicates to him
the direction he ought to take.This
officer then places himself

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abreast with the leading
company in order to direct the column.

The
colonel holds himself near the two markers, to superintend the execution of the
movement.

FIGURES
3, 4.

Represents a battalion in line of battle
breaking to the rear, by the right, into column by company.

(No.
854, and following.)

Figure
3 represents the battalion which has faced to the right: the three (or two)
right files have broken to the rear.

Each
captain has placed himself opposite to the left file of the company next to his
own on the right, so as to rest his breast lightly against the left arm of the
front rank man of that file.

Figure
4 represents the battalion formed into column.

Each
company has marched perpendicularly to the rear, and has been halted at the
moment its last file wheeled.

The
company having halted, its captain has faced it to the front, and has aligned
it by the left.

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PLATE
XVI.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents a battalion ploying itself into
column, closed in mass by division, in rear of the first division.

No.
871, and following.)

The
first division has stood fast, the others have faced to the right, and broken
their leading files to the rear.The
second division, wheeling by file to the right, has gained the space of six (or
five) paces which separates its guide from the guide of the first; it has then
directed its march parallelly to that division.The chief of this division has conducted it to the left flank of
the column; arrived at this point, he has halted in his own person, and seen
his division file past.

Each
of the other divisions has marched diagonally towards its point of entrance
into the column; arrived at six paces from that point, the head of the division
has inclined to the left and has directed itself parallelly to the division
which preceded it; its chief has halted on the flank of the column, and seen
his division file past.

The
second and third divisions have already taken their positions in the column;
the fourth has nearly taken its.

The
lieutenant colonel has assured the positions of the guides, by placing himself
successively in rear of each.

B
represents the movement ended; the lieutenant colonel and major have placed
themselves

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on the directing flank
of the column, the former abreast with the first division, and the latter
abreast with the fourth.

FIGURE
2.

Represents a battalion ploying itself into
column, closed in mass by division, in front of the right division.

(No.
882 and following.)

The
first division has stood fast; all the other divisions have faced to the right
and broken their leading files to the front.

The
second division, wheeling by file to the left, has gained the space of six (or
five) paces which separates the its guide from the guide of the first, and has
directed its march parallelly to that division; its chief has conducted this
division to the point at which it halted.

Each
of the other divisions has marched diagonally towards its point of entrance
into the column; arrived at six paces from that point, the head of the division
has inclined to the right, and directed itself parallelly to the division which
preceded it.

At
the successive halts of divisions, the guide of each has faced to the rear, and
placed himself correctly on the direction of the guides already established;
the lieutenant colonel has assured the positions of those guides, by placing
himself successively in rear of each.

The
second division has already taken its position in the column, the third has
nearly taken its, and the fourth is in march.

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FIGURE
3.

Represents a battalion ploying itself into
column, closed in mass by division, on the third, right in front.

(No.
893.)

The
third division has stood fast; the first and second have faced to the left, and
broken their leading files to the front; the fourth has faced to the right, and
broken its leading files to the rear.

The
second and fourth divisions have each gained in wheeling by file to the right,
the space of six (or five) paces which separates its guide from the guide of
the third; the first division has marched diagonally towards its point of
entrance into the column.

The
guide of the first and second divisions, have faced to the rear, in order to
place themselves on the direction; the lieutenant colonel has assured them on
it, and the movement ended, he has thrown himself on the left flank of the
column abreast with the leading division; the major has assured the guide of
the fourth division on the direction, and has thrown himself on the left flank
of the column abreast with this division.

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PLATE
XVII.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents a battalion in column by company,
at full distance, right in front, prepared to march.

(No.
902 and following.)

The
colonel has indicated to the guide of the leading company the point (g)
on which he is to direct his march.This guide has immediately faced to the point (g) and taken, in
the straight line, passing from himself to that point, an intermediate one (o),
afterwards a second (p), a little before arriving at the point (o),
and so on.

The
lieutenant colonel is placed on the flank of the column, abreast with the
leading company, and the major abreast with the last.

FIGURE
2.

Represents a battalion in column by
company, at full distance, right in front, which is in march, and to which the
colonel has given a new point of direction, but little removed from that on
which the column had marched.

(No.
935 and following.)

The
leading guide has directed himself on the point (g), and each of the
other guides has followed in the same direction, marching exactly in the trace
of the guide who immediately preceded him.

The
leading company having arrived at (d), the colonel has given to its
guide a new point of direction (e), not far from the first; the guide
has immediately faced to this point, and is directing

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himself upon it; the
company has conformed itself, by degrees, to the movement of its guide.

The
guide of each of the other companies continued to follow the old direction up
to the point (d); there, he changed the direction of his shoulders, and
has followed the trace of the preceding guide.

The
first four companies are on the new direction; the others yet follow the old.

FIGURE
3.

Represents a company of eighteen files,
supposed to be at the head of a column marching in the route step, which has
diminished front by platoon and by file, to seven files.

(No.
738, and No. 944, and following.)

Each
chief of platoon is on its left flank in the front rank; his guide covers him
in the rear rank; the ranks, as well as the files, broken to the rear, have
opened out to the distance of twenty-eight inches..

FIGURE
4.

Represents the same company which has
reduced the front of each platoon to five men abreast, not including its chief.

(No.
739, and No. 947.)

The
platoons which had seven files abreast before breaking off new files, have
taken the cadenced pace; the ranks, as well as the files broken to the rear,
have closed up.

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PLATE
XVIII.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents a battalion in column by
company, right in front, arriving before the line on which it is intended to
from line of battle, and prolonging its march on that line by means of the
general guides.

(No.
914, and following.)

The
colonel, in advance, has caused two markers to be placed, the first (h)
on the line of battle, to indicate the point at which the general guides ought
to change direction, and the second marker (d) four paces beyond, at the
point where the subdivisions ought to turn to the left.

The
right general guide and colour-bearer, have entered on the new direction; the
guide of the leading company holds himself abreast with the right general
guide, and the colour-bearer marches abreast with the colour-company.The last two companies have not yet entered
on the new direction.

The
colonel is placed on the flank, outside of the general guides, to see that the
column holds itself at about the distance of four paces within these guides.

The
lieutenant colonel marches abreast with the leading company, and sees that the
right general guide and colour-bearer march exactly on the point of direction
taken in their front, and on the intermediate point.

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FIGURE
2.

Represents a battalion in column by
company, right in front, arriving behind the line of battle, and prolonging
itself on that line by means of the general guides,

(No.
923, and following.)

The
colonel has caused to be placed on the line of battle, a marker (h) at
the point where the general guides ought to begin to prolong that line, and
another (d) at the point where the subdivisions ought to commence
wheeling.

The
point (d) is at company distance and four paces more, form the line of
battle, in order that the companies, after having wheeled, may find themselves
four paces from that line.

The
right general guide and colour-bearer are on the new direction; the last two
companies have not yet arrived on that point (d).

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PLATE
XIX.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents a battalion in column, at full
distance, in march, and changing direction to the side of the guide.

(No.
973, and following.)

The
colonel has caused to be placed in advance, a marker at the point of change.

The
lieutenant colonel has indicated to the guide of the leading company, the
direction to be pursued after turning.

FIGURE
2.

Represents a battalion in column, at full
distance, in march, and changing direction to the side opposite to the guide.

(No.
973, and following.)

FIGURE
3.

Represents a battalion in column, at full
distance closing in mass on the rearmost company.

(No. 1001, and following.)

All
the companies, except the rearmost one, have faced about; the guides have
remained in the front rank, become the rear; the captains have thrown
themselves two paces outside of the left flank, become the right; the companies
have then been put in march; each has closed on that next in its front, and on
arriving at the prescribed distance, it has been halted, faced about and
aligned by the left.The guides have
remained faced to the rear, in order to place themselves correctly on the
direction.

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The
lieutenant colonel, before the beginning of the movement, had thrown himself
behind the rearmost company on the prolongation of the guides of the column,
for the purpose of assuring on that direction, the guides of subdivisions as
they successively halted.

A
represents the column before the movement had commenced.

B
represents the commencement; the last four companies have closed in mass, and
the first four are in march to close also.

C
represents the movement ended.

FIGURE
4.

Represents a battalion in column by
company, closed in mass, taking distances on the leading company

(No. 1068, and following.)

The
colonel has caused to be placed on the outside of the flank of the column, in
the direction he had wished to give to the guides, two markers (d and
h), the first abreast with the leading company, and the second at company
distance in rear of the first.

The
left general guide has thrown himself to the rear on the prolongation of the
two markers, and has placed himself a little beyond the point to which the rear
of the column ought to extend.

All
the companies, except the headmost one, have faced about; the guides have
remained in the front ranks, become the rear; the captains have thrown
themselves two paces outside of the left flank of the column.

The
companies were then out in march to

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take their distances;
the headmost guide has directed himself on the left general guide.

Each
company, on taking its distance, has been halted, faced to the front and
aligned by the left.The lieutenant
colonel has successively assured the positions of the guides, placing himself,
for the purpose, in rear of each.

A
represents the column before the movement had commenced.

B
represents the commencement; the first five companies have already taken their
distances; the last three are yet in march.

C
represents the movement ended.

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PLATE
XX.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents a battalion in column, at half
distance, right in front, executing a change of direction to the right.

(No. 1014.)

The
guide on the marching flank, takes steps of twenty-eight inches; the arc of the
circle which he describes has, for its radius, once and a half the extent of
the front of the company.

The
guide who is the pivot of the wheel, takes steps of fourteen inches in order to
clear the wheeling point.

A
represents the commencement of the movement; the last four companies are yet on
the old direction.

B
represents the movement more advanced, each of the first three companies is in
a square with the new direction, and the next five are executing the movement.

FIGURE
2,3.

Represents a column, by division, closed in
mass, right in front, executing a change of direction to the right, by the
front of subdivisions.

(No.
1015, and following.)

The
leading subdivision has executed this movement as if it were in a column at
half distance; the arc of the circle which its guide has described has, for its
radius, a line equal to the fronts of three companies.In other divisions,

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each guide has advanced
a little the left shoulder, obliquing a little to the left and lengthening a
little the step, till he found himself exactly covering the guide next in his
front, and then he follows in his trace, preserving the prescribed distance of
six (or five) paces, (according as the formation may be in three or two ranks)
which ought to separate the guides.

The
men have conformed to the movement of the marching flank; they have advanced a
little the left shoulder, and have gained so much the less ground to the front,
as they were more or less near to the pivot.

The
guide, who is the pivot, has conformed himself to the movement of the division,
and has gained so much ground to the front as was necessary to preserve between
his division and the preceding one, the same distance of six (or five) paces.

The
lieutenant colonel, placed at the side of the leading guide, has directed the
march of the latter,

The
major, from the rear of the guides, has seen that they have conformed
themselves insensibly to the movement of the leading guide.

The
lines (m o), in figure 2, indicate the alignment of the first division,
pending the wheel; its centre bends a little to the rear as in a wheel at half
distance.

In
FIGURE 3

A
represents the battalion beginning the wheel.

B
the battalion executing the movement; and.

C
the battalion when the wheel is ended; the

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first division already
marches in a square with the new direction.

FIGURE
4.

Represents a battalion in column, by
division, closed in mass, right in front, executing a change of direction, from
a halt, by the flanks of subdivisions.

(No.
1035, and following.)

A
represents the battalion at a halt;

B
the battalion after having changed direction by the right flank.

The
lieutenant colonel has placed two markers (d h) on the new direction, (d)
opposite to the right guide of the first division, and (h) a little less
than division distance from (d).

The
battalion has faced to the right; each chief of division has placed himself on
the left of its right guide.

The
battalion has filed into the new direction; the first division directed itself
a little in rear of the markers (d h.)The chief of this division has not followed its movement, but has seen
it file past, and has halted it at the moment that its left file arrived
opposite to the marker (d.)

Each
of the other divisions has conformed itself to the movement of the preceding
division, and has preserved the distance of three paces from the latter.Each chief has himself halted on arriving
opposite to the left guide of the first, seen his division file past, and has
halted and aligned it by the left.

The
lieutenant colonel, placed in front of the left guides, and facing to them, has
assured them

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on the direction as the
divisions were successively halted.

C
represents the battalion after havingchanged direction by the left flank, the movement having been executed
as in B; but the chiefs have conducted their divisions to the halting points,
instead of seeing them file past.

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PLATE
XXI.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents a battalion in column, by
division, closed in mass, right in front, executing the countermarch.

(No.
1081, and following.)

The
odd numbered divisions have faced to the tight, the even to the left, and the
headmost files of all have broken to the rear.

All
the guides have faced about.

The
odd divisions have wheeled around their right guides; the even, around the left
guides, and each has so directed itself as to arrive behind its opposite guide,
when is has been halted and aligned by the right; to this end, the chief of
each odd division, after having it, has shifted promptly to its right.

The
lieutenant colonel has faced to the guides for the purpose of rectifying their
direction.This object accomplished, he
has thrown himself abreast with the leading division (the fourth or fifth) and
the major has thrown himself abreast with the rearmost (the first) subdivision.

A
represents the commencement of the movement.The divisions have faced to the right or left, and the three headmost
files, of each, have broken to the rear.

B
represents the movement in progress; the headmost files, after having wheeled
around the right or left guide, are directing themselves on the new alignment.

C
represents the movement ended.

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FIGURE
2.

Represents a battalion, in column by
company, closed in mass, right in front, forming divisions

(No.
1092, and following.)

A
represents the beginning of the movement; the guides of the right companies
have marked these companies; the left companies have faced to the left,
marched straight forward, and their captains, who have seen them file past,
have halted them as soon as they were entirely unmasked.The left companies have faced to the front,
and only wait (in order to dress forward on the alignment of the right
companies) till their left guides have correctly established themselves on that
alignment.

B
represents the movement ended; the colonel has ordered the guides to their
posts, the respective senior captains (placed two paces before the centres of
divisions) have taken command of the divisions, and the junior captains of the
divisions have placed themselves in their respective intervals.

FIGURE
3.

Represents a column at full distance, which
executes the same movement.

(No.
1103, and following.)

C
represents the preparation for the movement; the guides of the right companies
have marked these companies opposite to their respective right and left files;
the left companies have faced to the left; their captains have thrown
themselves to the side of their left guides.

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B
represents the movement begun; the left companies have marched straight
forward, and as soon as unmasked, they have been halted, faced to the front,
and have advanced towards the alignment of the right companies; arrived on a
line just in rear of the right companies, the left companies have again been halted,
and only wait till their left guides are established on that alignment in order
to be dressed forward.

A
represents the movement ended.

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PLATE
XXII.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents the manner of determining the
line of battle between two given points.

(No.
1119, and following.)

The
two points give, being the tree C to the left, and the steeple D to the right,
two mounted officers (m and n) have set off from the two points (x
and z) to find the intermediate points between C and D.To this end, they have executed a wheel, the
tree C having served as the pivot.Pending the movement, (n) has taken care to hold himself
constantlyaligned on (m) and
the tree C.The officer (m) has,
at the same time, observed the movement of (n), and the instant the
latter masked his view of the steeple D, (m) has, by signal, caused (n)
to halt.

FIGURE
2.

Represents a battalion in column, by
company, at full distance, right in front, forming itself on the right into
line of battle.

(No.
1145, and following, and No. 1165.)

The
colonel has caused the lieutenant colonel to place two markers (h, d) on
the direction which he wishes to give the line: the first is at the point of appui,
the second at the a little less than company distance from the first, and both
are faced to the right.

The
column, which followed the direction E D, has taken the guide to the right,
before arriving opposite to the point where the right ought to

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rest in line of battle.The right guide has immediately followed a
direction (J F) parallel to that line.The leading company, having arrived opposite to the right marker (h),
turned to the right, in order to approach the line; the other companies have
continued to march forward, and each has turned to the right as it successively
arrived opposite to the left of the preceding company already on the line.

The
colonel has followed up the movement along the front, holding himself opposite
to the company in the act of turning, for the purpose of approaching the line
of battle.

The
lieutenant colonel assures the guides on that line as they successively arrive
upon it.

FIGURE
3.

Represents a battalion in column, by
company, at full distance, right in front, forming itself forward into line of
battle.

(No.
1170, and following.)

The
column arriving behind the right of the line of battle, has been halted at
company distance within that line.

The
colonel has caused the lieutenant colonel to place two markers (h and d)
on the direction which he wishes to give to the line of battle- the first
marker, at the point of appui, the second, at a little less than company
distance from the first, and both faced to the right.

The
leading company has been conducted forward, and established against the
markers.

The
other companies have been broken from

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the column by a wheel to
the left, and then marched straight forward, taking the guide to the right. The
guide of the company next to the head, has marched straight forward; each of
the other guides has followed the file immediately in his front, form the
moment the wheel was ended. Each company turns to the right as soon as it
arrives opposite to the left of the preceding one, in order to bring itself up
parallely with the line of battle.

The
first five companies are established on that line; the sixth (from the right)
has been halted when the breasts of its front rank were on a line with the
backs of the rear rank of the fifth, and its captain waits till its last files
are in line, in order to align it.

The
colonel. passing along the front, follows up the movement, holding himself
opposite to the company which, for the purpose of approaching the line of
battle, is in the act of turning.

The
lieutenant colonel assures the positions of the guides as they successively
come upon that line.

FIGURE
4.

Represents a battalion, in column by
company, at full distance, forming itself, faced to the rear, into line of
battle.

(No.
1188,and following.)

The
column, arriving before the right of the line of battle, has been halted at
company distance.

The
colonel has caused the lieutenant colonel to place two markers, (d h) in
the direction which he wishes to give to the line.

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The
leading company has faced to the right and directed itself towards the marker (d)
so as to leave him to its left; it next wheeled by file to the left, around
this marker, and directed itself a little in rear of the one (h) placed
at the point of appui, and thus executed a countermarch.

The
following companies have also faced to the right, and directed themselves,
diagonally, each towards the point at which it had to cross the line.To this end, the left guide of each of these
companies detached himself in advance, for the purpose of marking that point,
and each company has formed itself on the line of battle by the same means as
the first.

The
colonel follows up the movement, holding himself opposite to the company which
last crossed the line of battle.

The
lieutenant colonel assures the guides as they successively arrive upon that
line.

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PLATE
XXIII.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents a battalion in column by
division, closed in mass, right in front, deploying itself on its first
division.

(No.
1218, and following.)

On
the direction which he wishes to give to the line of battle, the colonel has
caused the lieutenant colonel to establish two markers (h d), distant
from each other a little less than the front of a division.

The
colonel has directed the column so as to cause it to arrive perpendicularly
behind the markers, and has halted it at three paces from the latter.

The
column being halted, the left general guide has thrown himself a little beyond
the point where the left of the battalion in line ought to rest, and has
correctly placed himself on the prolongation of the markers established before
the first division.In the mean time,
the lieutenant colonel has placed, before this division, a third marker (i)
opposite to one of the three left files of the right company.

The
first division has been conducted forward against the markers, and aligned by
the left; the second (the nearest to the line of battle) has been directed
parallelly to that line, and each of the others has regulated itself on the one
which preceded it.

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The
chief of the second has seen it file past, and has halted it when its right
file was up with him; he then caused the division to face to the front, and
aligned it by the right.

The
chiefs of the other divisions have followed the movement; each has, himself,
halted, (in order to see his division file past) as soon as he had cleared the
left file of the division which ought to be on the right of his own, and the
moment his division unmasked itself, he halted it, faced it to the front,
caused it to approach the line of battle, halted it again, three paces within
that line, and aligned it by the right.

The
colonel follows up the movement opposite to the division which is coming up on
the line of battle.

The
lieutenant colonel assures the positions of the guides as they successively
arrive on that line.

A
represents the preparation for the movement.

B
represents the movement advanced.The
first two divisions are on the line; the third, which has just been halted,
with its front rank on a line just behind the rear rank of the second, only
waits till its guides are correctly established, in order to dress forward on
the line, and the fourth division still marches by the flank.

C
represents the movement ended.

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FIGURE
2.

Represents a battalion in column by
division, closed in mass, right in front, deploying itself on the rearmost
(fourth or fifth) division.

(No.
1239, and following.)

The
colonel has caused two markers to be placed before the headmost division, and
the right general guide has immediately thrown himself on the alignment of the
markers a little beyond the point where the right of the battalion ought to
rest.The lieutenant colonel has placed
before the headmost division a third marker opposite to one of the three right
files of its left company.

The
first three divisions have faced to the right; the first has directed itself
three paces within the right general guide, and the two others have regulated
themselves on the first.

The
fourth (or fifth) division as soon as unmasked, has put itself in march, taking
the guide to the left, in order to bring itself against the markers; it has
been halted at three paces within the line, and then aligned by the left.

The
chief of the third has not followed the movement of his division; he has seen
it file past, has halted it when the last file was up with him; he then caused
it to face to the front; as soon as unmasked, he has marched it towards the
line of battle, halted it a three paces from that line and then aligned it by
the left.

The
lieutenant colonel has assured the positions of the guides of the first three
divisions as they successively threw themselves on the line of battle.

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D
represents the commencement of the movement.The fourth and third divisions are established on the line of battle;
the second only waits to be unmasked, and the first still marches by the flank.

E
represents the movement ended.

FIGURE
3.

Represents a battalion in column by
division, closed in mass, right in front, deploying itself on the thirddivision.

(No.
1255, and following.)

Markers
have been placed before the headmost division.

The
two general guides have thrown themselves on the alignment of the markers, a
little beyond the points at which the right and left of the battalion,
respectively, ought to rest.The
lieutenant colonel has placed a third marker opposite to one of the three right
files of the left company.

The
second, as also the first division, has faced to the right; the fourth has
faced to the left.The first division
has directed itself three paces within the right general guide; the second has
regulated itself on the first, and the fourth has directed itself parallelly
with the line of battle.

The
third division, as soon as unmasked, has taken the guide to the left, and
advanced towards the line of battle; at three paces within this line, it has
been halted and aligned by the left.

The
second, as also the first division, has been halted when its left file had
passed the

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OF THE PLATES.

right of the division
which, in line of battle, finds itself to the left; it was then aligned by the
left.

The
fourth division has been halted when its right file has cleared the left of the
third division; it then (taking the guide to the right) advanced towards the
line of battle, and was aligned by the right.

The
lieutenant colonel has assured, on the line, the guides of the right divisions,
and the major those of the fourth division.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

PLATE
XXIV.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents a directing battalion prepared
to advance in line of battle.

(No.
1277, and following.)

The
colonel has thrown himself about forty paces in rear of the colour-file, and
has established himself correctly on its prolongation.

The
lieutenant colonel has thrown himself a like distance in front of the same file
and has been, by signal of the colonel's sword, established on the
perpendicular.

The
colonel has then thrown himself twenty paces farther to the rear, in order to
establish, on the prolongation of the lieutenant colonel and the colour-bearer,
two markers- the first (h) at twenty-five paces from the rear rank, and
the second (d) a like distance from the first.

A
staff officer (m), whom the colonel has previously designated to
superintend the successive replacing of the markers, has thrown himself on
their prolongation, twenty paces in rear of the second (d.)

The
colour-bearer, as soon as the lieutenant colonel had been established on the
perpendicular, has taken point on the ground, and then advanced six paces with
the two corporals of his rank; the lieutenant colonel having assured him on the
perpendicular, has placed himself in front of the battalion, twelve of fifteen
paces to the right of the captain of the colour-company.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

The
major has taken post six or eight paces from the left of the colour-rank, and
on the same alignment.

The
general guides have advanced six paces in front of the respective right and
left files of the battalion.

The
colonel has placed himself thirty paces behind the centre of the battalion, but
so as not to mask the line of markers.

FIGURE
2.

Represents the same battalion in march.

(No.
1287, and following.)

The
lieutenant colonel, fifteen paces from the right of the colour-company (the
fourth) maintains, on the basis of the alignment, the captains of the fourth
and fifth companies.

The
battalion having gained ground to the front, a third marker (i) has been
placed behind the first two and on the same line, and the marker (h) is
passing to his new position behind the marker (i).

The
staff officer, charged with replacing the markers, has followed their movement.

FIGURE
3.

Represents the same battalion which has
been halted and which is to be aligned.

(No.
1335, and following, and No. 1344.)

B
represents the line traced by a parallel alignment.

The
colonel has thrown himself before the right of the battalion and has assured
the right general guide and the colour-bearer on the direction.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

The
left general guide then placed himself on their prolongation and then has been
assured by the major.

D
C represent the line traced by an oblique alignment.

The
colour-bearer and the general guides were first established on the new
alignment, and as this cuts the line of battle at E, the two left companies
have been thrown back; the right guides of the right wing, and the left guides
of the other, have then been brought upon the line.

All
those guides have faced to the colour, and each has placed himself at company
distance from the guide next in his front.The guides of the right wing, have aligned themselves on the
colour-bearer and the right general guide

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

PLATE
XXV.

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FIGURE
1,2,3.

Represent a subordinate battalion, which,
having taken a false direction, has thrown itself to the right, and which is
then re-established on the true direction.

(No.
1308, and following, No. 1315, and Nos. 1327-9.)

The
colour-bearer, instead of following the direction (o p) perpendicular to
the line of battle, having advanced the left shoulder, has followed a false
direction, (c h).The companies
of the right wing have been obliged to shorten step to maintain themselves on
the basis of alignment, and their files crowd each other, whilst, in the other
wing, the companies cannot sufficiently lengthen the pace to keep in line with
the colour-bearer, and their files become disunited.The interval which separates this battalion from the directing
one is extended.

The
colonel, wishing to re-establish his battalion on the true direction, has
thrown himself to the point (v) behind the colour-file, and has
established the major (a) on the direction (v n) parallel to that
pursued by the directing battalion.The
major has established the colour-bearer on that direction, by causing him to
incline to the left till he covers the corporal of his file.

The
lieutenant colonel, by degrees, re-establishes the basis of alignment,
perpendicularly to that direction, to which the companies conform themselves,
and the battalion, arrived at

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(s z), finds
itself on an alignment parallel to that of the directing battalion.The colonel then causes it to oblique to the
left in order to re-establish its proper interval.

Arrived
at (x z), the battalion finds its interval re-established; but it is in
rear of the directing battalion; the colonel then causes it to take the direct
quick march until it arrives on the alignment.

The
figures represent the directing battalion on the left, and to the right, a
neighbouring battalion.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

PLATE
XXVI.

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FIGURE
1,2,3.

Represent a battalion advancing in line of
battle, and encountering obstacles which cover the third and the left
companies.

(No. 1374, and following.)

The
third company has faced to the left, in marching; it has quickened the step,
and marched by the flank in rear of the fourth; after covering the latter, it
has followed the fourth company, in the quickened pace, until at wheeling
distance; then it has taken the step of the battalion.

The
moment that the third company faced to the left, the left guide of the second
threw himself on the left flank of his company, for the purpose of maintaining
between that flank and the captain of the fourth, the interval necessary for
the return of the third into line.

The
left, or eighth company, has faced to the right, in marching, and has marched
by the flank to company distance in rear of the seventh.

At
the moment the eighth company faced to the right, the left general guide threw
himself in front of the left file of the seventh.

Figure
1 represents the movement commenced; the third company has faced to the left,
and the eighth to the right, in order to march behind the fourth and seventh
companies, respectively. Figure 2 represents the movement ended; the

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OF THE PLATES.

third and eighth
companies march at company distance behind the fourth and seventh.

FIGURE
3,4.

Represent a battalion advancing in line of
battle; the third and eighth companies, after executing the passage of
obstacles, return into line.

(No.
1380, and following.)

The
third company has broken by a wheel to the right, and has marched diagonally
forward towards the battalion; when its guide arrived opposite to the captain
of the fourth company, it turned to the left, to bring itself parallely to its
place in line of battle.

The
company has quickened the step to execute this movement and taken the pace of
the battalion only after arriving in line.

The
eighth company has been brought into line in like manner; but it broke by a
wheel to the left, and has turned to the right when its guide arrived opposite
to the left file of the seventh.

Figure
3 represents the movement commenced; the third and eighth companies have
finished the wheel.

Figure
4 represents the movement nearly completed; the two companies have turned- the
one to the left, the pother to the right, for the purpose of bringing themselves
parallely into line, to effect which they have only a few paces to take.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

FIGURE
5.

Represent a battalion marching in line of
battle, the colour-company having executed the passage of an obstacle.
(Nos. 1393-4.)

The
colour-company has faced to the left, marched by the flank in rear of the
fifth, and follows it at company distance.

At
the moment of facing to the left, the major threw himself six paces in front of
the captain of the fifth company, to give the step and direction to the
battalion.

The
captain of the fifth company marches exactly in the trace of the major; the
left guide of the third has thrown himself on the left of his company, for the
purpose of maintaining the necessary interval for the return, into line, of the
fourth company.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

PLATE
XXVII.

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FIGURE
1,2,3.

Represent a battalion marching in line of
battle, and encountering an obstacle which covers the three companies of the
right.

(No. 1384, and following, and No. 1388, and
following.)

Figure
1 represents the three companies of the right which have faced to the left, in
marching, and then march, quickening the step, into column behind the fourth
company.

The
third company having covered the fourth, and at full distance, has taken the
step of the battalion, and marches behind the fourth; the second company has
commenced the parallel movement into column, behind the third, and the first
yet marches diagonally by the flank, inclining towards the head of the column.

The
moment the companies faced to the left, the right general guide placed himself
as a file closer behind the first.

In
figures 2 and 3, the three companies are seen returning into line, after having
passed the obstacle.These companies
have broken, by a wheel to the right, on fixed pivots, on the principle
of forming forward, into line of battle; they have next marched straight
forward at the commands of their respective captains.

The
third company has already entered into line, the second has just turned to the
left and the first yet marches diagonally to the front.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

FIGURE
4,5.

Represent a battalion marching in line of
battle, and encountering an obstacle which covers the three centre companies.

(No. 1395.)

The
fourth company has faced to the right in marching, and has marched by the flank
behind the third.

At
the instant this company faced to the right, the colour-rank returned into
line, and the major threw himself six paces in front of the left of the third company
for the purpose of giving the step and direction to the battalion.

The
left guide of the third company has thrown himself on the left of the front
rank, and marches in the trace of the major.

The
fifth and sixth companies have faced to the left in marching, and, by the
flank, have marched into column behind the seventh company; the right guide of
the latter has thrown himself on the right of its front rank, to preserve, in
marching, the interval necessary for the return of the three companies into line.

Figure
4 represents the commencement of the movement; the designated companies have
faced outwards, in marching, and broken to the rear.

Figure
5 represents the movement ended; the companies march in column behind the third
and seventh respectively.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

PLATE
XXVIII.

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FIGURE
1,2,3.

Represent a battalion marching in line of
battle, and changing direction to the right.

(No.
1348, and following.)

A
B represent the battalion marching in line of battle;

C
B represent the battalion changing direction.

The
major has thrown himself in front of the colour-bearer, facing him, and directs
the his march.

The
colour-bearer, taking steps of fourteen inches, and insensibly advancing the
left shoulder, directs himself circularly to the right.

The
right general guide only turns in his place; the left general guide takes the
full step, and both conform the direction of their shoulders to that of the
colour-bearer.

The
corporal in the centre of the battalion, taking steps of fourteen inches, and
insensibly advancing the left shoulder, wheels to the right; the battalion
conforms itself to the movement of the centre; the captain of the right company
only turns in his place, and the captain of the left takes the full pace.

The
colonel, behind the centre, directs the general movement; he observes the march
of the wings, in order to cause the arc, described by the centre of the
battalion, to be enlarged or diminished as may be necessary to prevent the
files from opening and crowding.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

The
lieutenant colonel occupies himself with the same cares, and sees that the
base-companies conform themselves to the movement of the three corporals in the
centre of the battalion.

FIGURE
2.

Represents
the same battalion which, after having changed direction, marches straight
forward.

(No.
1356, and following.)

D
E represent the battalion before the change of direction;

F
E after the change; and

G
H at the moment of taking the direct march, before the colour-bearer is assured
on the direction.

The
battalion arrived at F E, having finished its wheel, the colonel has caused it
to take the direct march, and, at the same time, has thrown himself thirty
paces behind the colour-file, on the perpendicular (m o;) the major has
thrown himself to a like distance in front, and has been assured on the
perpendicular by the colonel; the colour-bearer immediately directed himself on
the major, and the corporal, in the centre of the battalion, conformed himself
to his movement.

The
lieutenant colonel has established the basis of alignment perpendicularly to
the direction followed by the colour-bearer, and the battalion immediately
conformed itself to that basis.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

PLATE
XXIX.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents a battalion in line of battle,
executing achange of front, forward on
the right company

(No. 1431, and following.)

The
colonel has caused two markers (h d) to be placed on the new direction
before the position to be occupied by the right company.The captain of this company has wheeled it
to the right on the fixed pivot, and aligned it by the right on the markers.

The
other companies have broken by a wheel to the right and have marched towards
the new line of battle.

The
guide of the company next to the right has marched straight forward; when
arrived opposite to the left file of the right company, it turned to the right,
was halted at three paces from the line of battle, and then aligned by the
right.

The
guide of each succeeding company has followed the file of the preceding
company, being behind which he found himself at the end of the wheel, and, when
this company began to turn to the right, the guide continued to march straight
forward: the company has established itself on the line of battle by the same means
as the second (the one next to the right.)

The
colonel has followed up the movement, holding himself abreast with the company
about to turn.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

The
lieutenant colonel has assured the guides on the line of battle as they successively
came upon it.

The
first six companies are established on the line of battle; the seventh has been
halted when its right guide was at three paces from that line; its captain only
waits for all its files to form on the guide, in order to dress the company
forward on the line of battle, and the eighth is yet in march.

FIGURE
2.

Represents a battalion in line of battle,
executing achange of front to the
rear, on the right company

(No. 1438, and following.)

The
whole battalion has been faced about; the right company, by a wheel to the left
on the halted pivot, has passed the new line of battle, been halted, again
faced about, and then aligned by the right against the two markers (h d)
whom the colonel had caused to be established.

The
captain of each of the other companies has placed himself behind the centre of
his company, which has broken by a wheel to the left in order to march to its
place in the line of battle.

The
guide of the second company, in the order of formation, has marched straight
forward, and, when arrived opposite to the left file of the right company, his
company turned to the left, and passed the line of battle; being three paces
beyond that line, this company was halted, faced about, and aligned by the
right.

The
guide of each succeeding company has

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OF THE PLATES.

followed the file of the
preceding company behind which he found himself at the end of the wheel, and,
when this company began to turn to the left, the guide continued to march
straight forward: the company has been established on the line of battle by the
same means as the second.

The
first six companies are established; the seventh has been halted when its right
guide was three paces beyond the line of battle; its captain only waits for all
its files to form on the guide, in order to face the company about, and the
eighth is yet in march.

FIGURE
3.

Represents a battalion in line of battle,
executing an oblique change of front, forward, on the right company

(No. 1453.)

This
movement is executed in the manner of a perpendicular change of front; but the
companies do not turn to bring themselves on the line of battle, and when
arrived at three paces from that line, they are halted and aligned by the
right.

The
first six companies are established on the line of battle; the seventh has been
halted at three paces from that line, and is ready to be dressed forward upon
it; the eighth company is yet in march.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

PLATE
XXX.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents a battalion passing a defile in
rear of the left flank.

(No.
1397, and following.)

The
right company has faced to the right, and put itself in march by wheeling by
file to the right perpendicularly to the rear.After having passed four paces beyond the file-closers, it again wheeled
by file to the right, and directed itself parallelly to the line of
battle.The next, or second company,
has executed, in its turn, the same movement, and put itself in march in time
to follow closely the first; the third has followed the movement of the second
company, and so of the others.

As
soon as the second company found itself on the same direction with the first,
the latter formed by platoon into line; the leading guide directed himself
towards the point around which he has to turn in order to enter the defile; the
second company has formed in its turn, by platoon into line, as soon as the
third was on the same direction with itself, and so of the other companies.

The
first three companies are already formed by platoon into line; the fourth
follows them, marching by the flank; the fifth has put itself in movement, and
the greater number of its files are already on the new direction.

The
three left companies are still at a halt.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

FIGURE
2.

Represents the termination of the same
movement.

(No.
1397, and following.)

The
first three companies, after having passed the defile, have turned to the left
in order to prolong themselves in a direction parallel to the old line of
battle.

The
fourth, on coming out of the defile, has formed company, and is ready to turn
in order to enter the new direction.

The
platoons of the fifth company are ready to re-unite.

The
sixth company marches by platoon in the defile; the seventh is finishing the
formation by platoon into line, and the eighth only waits, to execute this
movement, till all its files are in the new direction.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

PLATE
XXXI.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents a battalion ploying itself into
double column, at company distance, in rear of the two centre companies.

(No.
1456, and following.)

Every
captain, except the fourth and fifth, has thrown himself before the centre of
his company; the fourth and fifth companies have stood fast.

The
three right companies have faced to the left; the three, or two, left files of
each have broken to the rear.

The
three left companies have faced to the right, and the three or two files of
each have broken to the rear.

The
third and sixth companies, wheeling by file to the left and right respectively,
have placed themselves at company-distance in rear of the fourth and fifth
companies; the third and sixth were then halted by their respective captains
when the heads of the two companies arrived opposite to the centre of the
column; they have next been caused to face to the front; the chief of the
division has then aligned it by the right and placed himself two paces before
its centre.

The
other companies have marched diagonally by the flank towards the points of
entrance into the column, and have placed themselves parallelly behind the
companies already established.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

The
lieutenant colonel has assured the right guide of each division on the
direction, and then placed himself on the right flank of the column abreast
with the first division; the major threw himself on the left flank of the same
division at the beginning of the movement.

FIGURE
2.

Represents a battalion ployed into double
column, which deploys on the first division, after having closed in mass.

(No.
1469, and following.)

The
colonel has caused the lieutenant colonel to place two markers before the right
and left files respectively of the first division, and a third on the same
alignment opposite to one of the three left files of its right company.

The
lieutenant colonel next placed himself on the line, a little beyond the point
where the left of the sixth ought to rest.

The
right companies have faced to the right, the left companies to the left.As soon as the third and sixth were
unmasked, they were halted by their respective captains, and aligned- the third
by the left, and the sixth by the right.

The
other companies have been halted as soon as unmasked; their captains then
marched them towards the line of battle, halted them three paces within that
line, and aligned them by the left and right.

The
lieutenant colonel has assured the guides

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OF THE PLATES.

of the right wing on the
line, and the major those of the left wing.

FIGURE
3.

Represents a battalion ployed into double
column, at company distance, forming itself into line of battle faced to the
right.

(No.
1474, and following.)

The
four right companies have put themselves in march, taking the guide to the
right, and each has turned to form itself on the right, into line of battle,
as soon as it passed the left file of the preceding company.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

PLATE
XXXII.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents a battalion in column by
division, right in front, which has closed to company-distance on the first
division, in order to form square.

(No. 1481, and following.)

The
second division has closed on the first to company distance; this distance is
taken from the rear rank of the first; the other divisions have closed in the
customary manner; the file-closers of the fourth, as soon as it halted, have
passed around, before the front rank, opposite to their places in line of
battle, and have faced to the head of the column.

The
music have thrown themselves behind the inner platoons of second division.

As
soon as the second division closed, the colour-bearer fell back on the
alignment of then file-closers, and was replaced by the next corporal of his
file.

The
pioneers have placed themselves behind the colour-bearer.

FIGURE
2.

Represents the same battalion, formed in
square.

(No. 1485, and following.)

The
lieutenant colonel and major, placed in front of the leading guides, have
assured the direction of the other guides on those of the fourth division who
have stood fast.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

The
first division has stood fast; its chief has thrown himself four paces in rear
of its centre.

The
companies of the second and third divisions have formed themselves to the right
and left into line of battle; the colour and the pioneers have followed the
movement of the fourth company.

The
fourth division has closed up to form square, and then faced by the rear rank.

FIGURE
3,4.

Represents a battalion which has re-formed
column for the purpose of marching in advance.

(No.
1508, and following.)

The
first front has marched forward a space equal to half its front.

The
lateral fronts have faced to the left and right, and each company has wheeled
by file to the left and right for the purpose of re-forming divisions.

The
second division, having been aligned, the music immediately closed upon it.

The
fourth front has faced about; but its file-closers remained before the front
rank.

Figure
3 shows the beginning of the movement;

Figure
4, its termination.

FIGURE
5.

Represents the same battalion which, after
having re-formed column, has faced by the rear rank in order to march in
retreat.

(No.
1516-7.)

The
file-closers of the first division have remained before its rear rank.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

The
lieutenant colonel and major have thrown themselves abreast with the fourth
division.

The
music, after having faced about, have closed upon the third division.

FIGURE
6.

Represents the same battalion which has
re-formed square.

(No.
1518.)

The
fourth division has stood fast; the companies of the second and third division
have formed themselves to the right and left into line of battle.

The
music have thrown themselves a few paces forward, opposite to the centres of
the lateral faces, and the first division has closed up to form square.

The
second, third, and fourth divisions are faced by the rear rank; the first by
the front rank.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

PLATE
XXXIII.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents a company, formed in three
ranks, deploying itself as skirmishers forward on its left file, so as to
occupy a line equal to the front of a battalion.

(No.
1583, and following.)

A
B represent the company advanced a few paces in front of the battalion for the
purpose of making the necessary dispositions for deploying.The first and second lieutenants have thrown
themselves on the right and left flanks of the company respectively; the third
sergeant has thrown himself two paces before its centre in order to take his
place in the interval between the two platoons, and the third lieutenant is
behind the centre of the rear rank which has to remain as the reserve.

C
D E represent the commencement of the movement; the left guide directs himself
on the point where the left of the company, when deployed, ought to rest; the
first file, counting from the left, marches by his side.The other files, advancing the left
shoulder, and taking the double quick step, march diagonally to the front in
order to gain the interval of ten paces to the right; as they successively get
this interval, each marches on the same alignment with the left guide.

The
first and second lieutenants who have thrown themselves behind the centres of
their respective platoons, as soon as they were able to pass, direct their
movement.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

The
reserve (R) has not followed the movement of the first two ranks; the third
lieutenant has formed it into two ranks.The fourth sergeant and other file-closers, as well as the second bugler
or drummer, have remained with this reserve.

F
G H represent the deployment nearly ended.

I
J represent the deployment completed; all the files march on the same
alignment, each preserving its interval by the left.

The
reserve (S) put itself in march as soon as it had its distance of one hundred
and forty paces, and has followed the movement of the line.

K
L represent the line formed; at the moment it was halted the centre rank man of
each file threw himself two paces to the left of his front rank man.

The
three sergeants have posted themselves ten paces behind the right, the centre and
the left of the line.

The
first and second lieutenants are at about twenty-five paces behind the centres
of their platoons.Each has with him an
escort of two men.

The
captain is about seventy paces behind the centre of the line.He has with him the first bugler or drummer,
and an escort of two or three men.

The
reserve (V) has been halted at a hundred and forty paces behind the centre of
the line.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

PLATE
XXXIV.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents a company, formed in three
ranks, deploying itself as skirmishers, by the flank, on its center file. (No.
1605, and following.)

A
B represent the commencement of the movement.

The
front and centre ranks of the right platoon have faced to the left; the guide
of each platoon has placed himself by the side of its leading front rank man to
conduct him, and the captain has indicated to each the direction he ought to
follow.

The
first and second lieutenants have thrown themselves in front of their
respective platoons- the first abreast with his left, and the second abreast
with his right file.The third sergeant
has thrown himself into the interval between the two platoons in the front
rank.

These
dispositions being made, the deployment has commenced; the right file of the
second platoon, on which the movement is made, has faced to the front; the
other files have put themselves in march, and each halts and faces to the
front, as it successively takes its interval from the file next towards the
centre.Two files in each platoon are
already deployed; the remaining files continue to march.The first and second lieutenants follow up
the movement in their respective platoons abreast with the files which deploy.

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OF THE PLATES.

C
D represent the deployment ended; the reserve (R ) formed of the rear rank, I
as faced about, and marches towards the point at which it ought to be
established.

FIGURE
2.

Represents a company, deployed as
skirmishers, rallying on its reserve, and forming the circle to resist cavalry.
(No. 1677, and following.)

A
B represent the line of skirmishers.

The
captain has thrown himself on the reserve, and commenced the formation of the
circle (C,) by throwing back a little the flank files.

The
platoons of skirmishers, running in, form, as the men arrive, to the right and
left on the reserve, without regard to height, facing outwards, and complete
the circle; the officers and sergeants have directed the formation, and
afterwards have placed themselves within the circle.

D
represents the company after having reduced the circle; it is formed into
column by platoon to march in retreat.

E
represents the same company which, being again threatened by cavalry, has
halted and reformed the circle.

The
moment the company halted, the rear platoon faced to the rear, and then the
circle was formed by throwing back the outer files of the two platoons.

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OF THE PLATES.

PLATE
XXXV.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents a company, deployed as
skirmishers which extends intervals from a halt, in order, by extending itself
to the left, to occupy, singly, a line which had been occupied by two
companies.

(No.
1617 and 1621.)

A
B is the line occupied by the two companies; the right company, which has to
occupy it alone, has faced to the left to extend intervals in that direction,
and the files of the left company retire, to assemble on their reserve, in
proportion as those of the right company advance.

C
D represent the movement ended; the line is occupied by the right company
alone.

FIGURE
2,3.

Represent a company, deployed as
skirmishers which closes intervals, from a halt, on the right.

(No.
1624-8.)

A
second company of skirmishers has been brought on the line C D, previously
occupied by a single company; the old company has closed on its right.

The
new company has been marched towards the portion of the line to be occupied by
it, deployed forward, and halted at twenty paces from that line.Then the old company began to close
intervals towards the right, and the files of the new company throw themselves
on the line as they are successively unmasked by those of the old.

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OF THE PLATES.

The
reserve of the old company has placed itself behind the left of this company,
and the reserve of the new company has come to post itself on the left of the
old reserve.

FOGURE
2 represents the movement commenced; half of the second company is already on
the line.

FIGURE
3 represents the movement ended; the two companies are in line, and their
reserves united.

Note.In the figures of this plate, the
skirmishers of the two companies are represented by different signs.

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OF THE PLATES.

PLATE
XXXVI.

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FIGURE
1,2.

Represent a company, deployed as
skirmishers, which

is relieved by another company.

(No.
1629, and following.)

The
captain of the new company has caused it to deploy in time so as to finish the
moment at the line E F, twenty paces from the line of battle.The files of this company have been so
directed as to findthemselves opposite
to the intervals of the old companyon
the line C D.The new company has
crossed the line, and been halted at AB twenty paces beyond.

The
reserve of this company has placed itself, at the same time, a few paces to the
right of that of the old company,

As
soon as the new company was established on the line, the old began to assemble
on its reserve, which, to this end, has re-formed itself in a single rank.

FIGURE
1 represents the movement when the new company arrives at twenty paces in rear
of the line of battle.

FIGURE
2represents the new companyestablished on the line, and the files of
the old are in march to assemble on their reserve.

Note.On the figures of this plate, the
skirmishers of the two companies are represented by different signs.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

PLATE
XXXVII.

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FIGURE
1.

Represents a battalion, deploying the five
companies from the left, as skirmishers on the right of the sixth company,
holding the three companies of the right in reserve.

(No.
1691, and following.)

C D represent the battalion before the commencement
of the movement.

The
colonel, after having determined the direction of the line of battle, has
caused to be placed on that line a marker (h) at the point where the
right of the sixth company ought to rest.

The
sixth and fifth companies, before deploying, have marched eight paces to the
front.

The
fourth company has faced to the right; the seventh and eighth to the left.

The
major, who commands the three companies held in reserve, has faced them about,
marched them thirty paces to the rear, and then ployed them into column by
company, at half distance, in front of the third company.

The
sixth and fifth companies have deployed forward- the sixth on its right file,
and the fifth on its left file.The
right guide of the sixth directed himself on the marker (h) previously
placed on the line of battle, and the left guide of the fifth on a point five
paces farther to the right.

The
other companies have directed themselves

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OF THE PLATES.

parallelly to the line
of battle; the fourth has taken its interval of one hundred paces, counting
from the left of the fifth, and, facing to the left in marching, on taking that
interval, it then marched eight paces to the front, and deployed itself forward
on its left file.

The
seventh and eighth companies have, each, taken a like interval counting from
the left file of the company next on the right, and, on taking that interval,
each faced to the right in marching, advanced eight paces to the front, and
deployed itself on its right file.

The
lieutenant colonel and adjutant have passed along the front of the line to aid
the companies in aligning themselves.

The
company-reserves have been established behind the line; that of the sixth at
one hundred and forty paces from the right of its skirmishers.

Those
of the fourth and fifth are united opposite to the interval between their
skirmishers, but thirty paces nearer the line than that of the sixth.

The
major has marched the battalion-reserve about three hundred and seventy paces
behind the centre of the line, and has so disposed it that its fire cannot
injure the company-reserves.

The
colonel (b), after giving a general superintendence to the deployment,
has, on its

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OF THE PLATES.

termination, thrown
himself about a hundred and eighty paces behind the centre of the line.

The
lieutenant colonel (a) and the adjutant (a) have placed themselves near the
colonel.

A
B represent the line of skirmishers.

EXPLANATION
OF THE PLATES.

PLATE
XXXVIII.

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FIGURES
1,2.

Represents the rallying of a battalion,
deployed as skirmishers

(No.
1710, and following.)

The
companies deployed as skirmishers on the line A B rally in squares on their
respective reserves.

Each
reserve has formed the first front of its square; the skirmishers, as they
successively arrive, first complete the side fronts, and then form the fourth.

The
officers direct this formation.

The
battalion-reserve has formed a square.

Figure
2 represents the small squares re-formed into columns and directing themselves
towards the battalion-reserve.